Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-08-13
SUNDAY SCHOOLS.

Meeting of the Executive Committee OF
the Clark County union-PIan Adopted
for the Future Work OF the Union.
The executive committee of the Clark
County Sunday School union was held last
friday night at the Office of Mr.. p. A.
recently appointed committee and the fol-
lowing members were present: Professor
b. +. Prince. NJ. l.. Linn, j. l.. Little, /.
H. Kelley. NJ. l.. Sise and A. l.. Slayer.
The minutes of the former committee
were read and approved.
Messrs. Kelley and Sise, who were az
pointed by the last convention held at
Plattsburg-a committee to formulate a
plan for the promotion of the more efficient
work of the submitted the
following, which was unanimously adopted:
To the Executive Board of the Clark County
sunday School tnion:
Your committee appointed at the last
convention at Plattsburg. Ohio, TO formu-
late plan. the object of which shall be the
more successful operations of Sunday
school work throughout the county, have
given the matter due consideration and
would beg leave to submit the following:
The committee would recommend that
the townships be numbered as follows: No.
|, Moorefield: No. ,, Pleasant; No. ,. Ger
man: No. 4. Pike; No. ), Greene; No. 8,
Mad River; No. :, Bethel; No. 5. Madison;
No. 9, Harmony: No. 10, Springfield. and
that the president of the county union ap-
point a mass meeting for each township.
beginning with No. l and following the
number consecutively until each township
shall have had a general mass meeting
within the year.
The president should confer with the vice
president and fix the time for holding the
mass meeting. and the vice president shall
attend TO securing place to hold the meet
ing and inviting such speakers to address
the meeting as lie may desire. The pres
ident shall secure one or more speakers to
attend each mass meeting and address the
same.
1t shall be the duty of the vice presidents
To attend the meetings of each school in
their townships at least once in each year
and to look closely after the special inter
ests of such schools and where any lack is
observed shall call the attention of the
president of the bOrd who will endeayor To
have the cause remedied il possible.
The secretary of the township shall per
sonally attend to securing the annual re-
port of every school in his township, and
shall have il in readiness TO transmit to the
secretary of the County union by the lst of
May of each year.
The reports of every school throughout
the county should be made up from and in
clude the first school meeting in April. until
and including the last meeting in March
following.
This will make all reports uniform. The
secretary of the County union shall send
by mail or otherwise on or before the lst
day of March TO the secretary of the several
townships a sufficient number of blank re-
ports to fully report the township schools.
The executive board shall meet quarterly.
on the third Tuesday nights of January,
April, July and October thereof and trans
act any business that may come before II:
and the president shall have power to call
a special meeting whenever in his judg-
ment may seem best.
The secretary of the County union shall
keep correct minutes of every meeting and
perform such duties as the board may direct.
Ii shall be the duty of the vice-president
of each township to transmit TO the presl-
dent or secretary of executive commit. G
once each quarter. either in person or by
letter. a report of the condition and needs
of the schools within his jurisdiction, and
also 10 notify the executive committee of
any absence on his part or inability to at
tend to the duties of his office.
Amendments 10 these rules may be made
at any regular or special meeting OF the
executive committee, by two-thlrdS vote
of the members present
NJ. l.. SISE.
|. ii. KELLY,
Committee.
On motion of Joel Little the president,
secretary and treasurer were elected a com
mittee 10 receive applications for aid, and
disburse funds in the hands Of the treasurer
raised for county purposes, In special cases
requiring immediate attention, said commit
tee TO report such disbursements to the eX-
ecutive committee at its regular quarterly
meetings for ratification by said board.
Adjourned.